During the 1959 Tibetan Uprising, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, escapes from Lhasa and crosses into Indian territory. India grants him asylum.
The Sino-Indian war erupts over a disputed Himalayan border.
China and Pakistan sign a boundary accord between Kashmir and Xinjiang. Pakistan agrees to cede 2000 square miles of Pakistani-occupied Kashmir territory.
China conducts its first nuclear test.
China vetoes a resolution sponsored by India for the admission of Bangladesh to the UN.
India conducts its first nuclear detonation, aggravating relations with China.
Diplomatic ties between India and China are re-established for the first time since the Sino-Indian War.
India’s Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi pays a visit to China, the first in 34 years. The two countries set up a joint working group to settle boundary issues.
India and China agree to work together on counter-terrorism programs to maintain regional security.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabo visits Bangalore to promote Sino-Indian cooperation in high-tech industries. India and China sign an agreement resolving disputes over their Himalayan border.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits China. Bilateral trade surpasses $50 billion. China becomes India’s largest trading partner in goods.
China expresses “dissatisfaction” over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, a “disputed territory.” India responds that it is an integral part of India.
India cancels defense exchanges with China after it refuses to give a top Indian army officer a visa citing his “control” over disputed areas of Jammu and Kashmir. India refuses to allow two Chinese defense officials to visit New Delhi.
India and China sign the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA), a major “confidence-building” measure in light of several Chinese “incursions” along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) this past year.
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